I don’t think you understood his post. He’s not complaining that he can’t utilize the node ecosystem in his meteor app — everyone knows you can import NPM packages. The issue is that the individual pieces of meteor are tightly coupled and not easily available on NPM to use separately. Which is why the larger JavaScript community has so far not taken meteor seriously- and why MDG is going to have a hard time making money off a paid hosting platform that is exclusive to a small niche development community. I think his points are spot-on.